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remains Lord Mayor of London.


Mayors


before 1300

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14th century

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Lord mayors


14th century

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15th century

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16th century


17th century


18th century


19th century

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20th century


21st century


See also

*
Timeline of London The following is a timeline of the history of London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. Prehistory * 120000 BCE – Elephants and hippopotami are roaming on the site of Trafalgar Square. * 6000 BCE – Hunter-gatherers are on the ...
* List of sheriffs of London


Notes


References


Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189
* John Noorthouck (1773
'Addenda: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London'
''A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark'', pp. 889–893. * Caroline M. Barron (n.d.) 'London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200–1500' * CNL Brooke & G Keir (n.d.) 'London 800–1216:The Shaping of a City', p254 * James Clark Holt (n.d.) "Magna Carta", p56
'Chronicles of the mayors and sheriffs of London, A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274'
translated from the original Latin and Anglo-Norman of the "Liber de antiquis legibus", in the possession of the corporation of the city of London *


External links




A List of the MAYORS and SHERIFFS of London from the earliest Accounts.
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: Pages 889–893 of ''A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark''. Originally published by R Baldwin, London, 1773.
The Mayors and Sheriffs of London database
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